BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — A savage hundred from Lendl Simmons gave Trinidad & Tobago a flicker of hope, but Barbados produced a sound batting effort to remain firmly in control in the Grand Final of the Regional 4-Day Tournament here yesterday.

Simmons unfurled a volley of strokes in an unbeaten 111 from a mere 71 balls as T&T, behind by 259 on first innings, finished the rain-affected second day at Kensington Oval on 140 for four in their second innings.

Earlier, Kraigg Brathwaite carved out his fourth first-class hundred of 122 to steer Barbados to 369 in their first innings.

Scoreboard

T&T 1st Innings 110

BARBADOS 1st Innings

(overnight 144 for two)

K Brathwaite b Khan 122

R Boucher c and b Khan 46

*K Edwards c Mohammed b

Simmons 48

J Searles lbw b Gabriel 10

J Carter b Gabriel 47

K Stoute c wkp Katwaroo b

Richards 6

+S Dowrich c wkp Katwaroo b

Richards 6

A Nurse c Barath b Richards 7

S Benn c Emrit b Richards 13

K Roach not out 29

M Cummins c Simmons b

Hosein 18

Extras (b4, lb11, nb2) 17

TOTAL (all out, 110 overs) 369

Fall of wickets: 1-62, 2-141,

3-169, 4-243, 5-257, 6-277, 7-

291, 8-313, 9-329, 10-369.

Bowling: Gabriel 23-3-99-2,

Richards 21-6-55-4, Emrit 17-3-

33-0, Khan 23-3-84-2, Hosein

8-0-24-1, Cariah 12-2-50-0,

Simmons 4-2-5-1, Mohammed

2-0-4-0.

T&T 2nd Innings

L Simmons not out 111

A Barath lbw b Cummins 2

Y Cariah c wkp Dowrich b

Cummins 2

J Mohammed c Nurse b

Cummins 0

A Hosein c and b Benn 8

+D Ramdin not out 13

Extras (lb2, nb2) 4

TOTAL (4 wkts, 24 overs) 140

Fall of wickets: 1-38, 2-54,

3-54, 4-87.

Bowling: Roach 2-0-25-0,

Cummins 6-2-41-3, Benn 10-0-

53-1, Nurse 6-0-19-0.

Position: T&T trail by 119 runs.

Toss: Barbados.

Umpires: P Gustard, N

Duguid.